Endgame: Disaster Capitalism, New Orleans, and the Charter Scam
The horror of 9/11 in 2001 and the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 captured both the 24/7 media attention and cultural consciousness in the U.S. In the wake of both, however, the impact of disaster capitalism has remained mostly ignored and unchallenged. This is the U.S. response to 9/11: Memories, by Ted Rall, Universal UClick How to monetize and what will the market bear are the guiding
In the U.S., Where the Female Nipple Is More Dangerous Than a Gun
Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez are back with the long-awaited Sin City sequel, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. The films are both based on Miller’s graphic novels—with the graphic novels and films sharing distinct visual impacts on readers and viewers. So it is fitting that the first released poster for the second film is visually provocative: Eva Green in the Sin City poster banned by the MPAA.
5-29-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): SC, Choose OK, Not FL: Failing Students with Failed PolicyWhat do third-grade retention policies based on reading tests, charter schools, tracking, and parental choice have in common? First, across the U.S., they all have a great deal of public and political support. Sec